# Win11 in Boxes, low resolution? SPICE virt-veiwer not working? **URL:** \ **Category:** Bluefin\ **Created:** [March 22, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/win11-in-boxes-low-resolution-spice-virt-veiwer-not-working/7523 "2025-03-22T19:27:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tom\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Tom\_U](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Tom_U)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/win11-in-boxes-low-resolution-spice-virt-veiwer-not-working/7523/1 "2025-03-22T19:27:20Z")
Hi there! New to the community. I just started using Bluefin, been on windows for awhile. But I’ve played with Linux for 20 years, on and off, mostly Debian variants, so Fedora is new to me, as is immutable OS using flatpaks etc. I understand there are limitations, but I don’t think this is one of them? I installed boxes, then I installed a fresh standard Win11 from the official ISO, bypassing TPM and making a local account. Once installed, I tried to adjust the resolution in boxes, no option. I tried to adjust it in windows, it is greyed out. After some googling, I realized I needed virt-viewer, so I installed that in windows and rebooted. Still no dice. From what I understand, this is all that is needed? Some threads talked about installing a VM side plugin to make it work, but a silverblue thread said that boxes already includes QEMU and so it should jsut work out of the box? I’m a bit out of my depth here, and this type of system being so new, the information is hard to come by. Sorry if it’s obvious, but any help would be appreciated, thanks! Tom ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Tom\_U](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/Tom_U)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/win11-in-boxes-low-resolution-spice-virt-veiwer-not-working/7523/2 "2025-03-27T00:23:35Z")
I found a solution! I got help from a Lemmy thread in the framework community over there. > **[How to run Windows 11 in GNOME Boxes (with UEFI and TPM2 emulation)](https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/how-to-win11-in-gnome-boxes.html)** > > Windows 11 needs some extra config to run as a virtual machine in GNOME Boxes. Get it setup with UEFI secure boot, TPM 2.0 emulation, and accelerated drivers. Most of this guide didn’t work, but specifically, installing the QXL-WDDM-DoD driver did the job. So I’m posting it here so it might help someone else who searches for it. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/univeral_blue/original/2X/e/e39f7d1952979cf23b0f8d634e025fb38da50026.png) [@system](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://universal-blue.discourse.group/t/win11-in-boxes-low-resolution-spice-virt-veiwer-not-working/7523/3 "2025-03-28T00:24:08Z")
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